DIY Peoples
September 13, 2006
I was talking with someone who purchased one of my pieces of x0xb0x artwork, who is also building a MIDIbox SID, and who also is finishing up a 9090 and he pointed me to this site, entitled Anodizing Aluminum At Home. Seems pretty straightforward. H2SO4, NaOH, a 12V power supply, and a hunk of lead.
Be very careful about fumes …
Be very careful about fumes an vapours .. they can be not just poisoning but highly corrosive/reactive.
Trust me I spend quite some time doing PCB etching and things like thoseIN MY ROOM and then after some time I was wondering while all the stuff there(metals) were becoming all rot.
Cl and such is really dangerous, so H2SO3 fumes.
Beside, you would not be able to get easely H2SO4 here, I think you need a permission begin a dangerous substance, pure NaOH is hard to find as well, it’s not even trivial to find hunks of lead.
Be careful also NaOH is more bastard than what it seems, it can easely destroy and reduce “like paper” even rubber gloves that look “good”, also working with electric power and those kind of materials you are at explosions risk.
You should do it or in the open or have a good air ventilation but beware what you are doing produces stuff that is 100% NOT evironemental friendly ;)
Proper processing plants have a lot of safety things and air filters.